Packet 13: Tossup 2

Note to moderator: Read answerline carefully. Note to Players: Description Required. A work detailing Horapollo’s 5th century attempt to perform this task was rediscovered by Cristoforo Buondelmonti in 1419. Athanasius Kircher’s (“KEER-kurs”) largely guess-based attempts at this task were expanded upon by physicist Thomas Young’s study of a cartouche (“kar-TOOSH”). A group of “Savants” (15[2])attempted to perform this task utilizing (*) Pierre-Francois (10[1])Bouchard’s discovery at Philae during the Napoleonic Expedition. Jean-Francois Champollion (“shawm-poll-YAWN”) is largely credited with accomplishing this task after the (10[1])discovery of an object (10[1])that contained inscriptions in Ancient Greek (10[1])and Demotic. (-5[1])For 10 points, what task was achieved after the Rosetta Stone was decoded? ■END■ (0[1])

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